Lady&#39;s apparel.



S. J. JACKSON.

LADY'S APPAREL.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 16, 1913.

Patented Sept. 9, 1913.

COLUMBIA PLANOOHAPM to. WASHINGTON. D. c.

ATEN'I @FFIQE.

S-ALO J. JACKSON, "OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR T0 CLAIRE V. WATSKEY, 0FRICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

Lam s APPAREL.

Specification of Letters ZPatent.

Patented Sept. 9, 1913.

Application iileil May 16, 1913. "Serial No. 768,080.

To all whom, it may concern:

New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain newand usetul Improvements -in Ladies Apparel and I do hereby declare theIOllOWlTIg to be a :tull,l clear, and exact description of the "same,ret- I erence being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, and to the figures and letters or reference markedthereon.

The object of the present invention is to provide a garment for femalewear which may be made to conform to the dictates of fashion inpractically all of its variations and which garment will at the sametime afford a more complete protective covering than skirts asordinarily constructed and allow the wearer practically complete andperfect freedom of movement.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide a garment which will bemore convenient for the wearer and easily taken o'tt' or put on withoutthe necessity of elevating the same over the head of the person, aproceeding which is often disastrous to the coitlure.

Another object of the invention is to provide a construction which isequally well adapted for the making of garments de signed for underwearand for outside garments, making it possible for ladies to be comepractically as independent in their personal wear as are the malemembers of the race under present conditions.

A further object of the invention is to provide a garment which, so faras appearance to the casual observer is concerned, is practicallyundistinguishable from garments of conventional character worn at thepresent day.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,Figure l is a sketch outline viewof a ladys skirt or nether garment construction in acco'dance with thepresent invention, the lower portion of the garment being spread asthough the wearer were taking a rather long step. Fig. 2 is a viewlooking at the rear side of the garment. Fig. 3 is 5 a sectionalelevation showing one halt oi.

the garn'icnt. Fig. 41- is an outline of one of the gores adapted toform the trout and inner or intermediate portions of the garment. Fig. 5is a view of a slightly modified form of gore which may be used forheavier material than the panel shown in Fig. 4;. Fig. '6 1s adiagrammatic outline showing the position in a garment oi the gore inFig. 5. Fig. 7 is a perspective view showing the placket of the garmentopen widely to illustrate the construction.

Like letters of reference in the several fifllllGS indicate the sameparts.

In accordance with the present invention, the nether garment for ladieswear embodies in its construction two gorcs A, which are ofsubstantially the form shown in 1*.igs. 4- and 5, each oi said goresbeing adapted to term a part of the front oi the garment and practicallythe whole of the intermediate portion dividing the garment into separatelimb compartmen'ts. For this purpose the gorcs are cut with asubstantially straight edge a on one side and a downwardly andrearwardly curved edge I) on theopposite side, the lower end of the edge7) joining a substantially straight edge 1), the angle of which is madeto conform to the angle of the rear portion of the body of the garment.Each 031. the gores A is adapted to be seamed along the edge a to sideor rear gores or to a combined side and rear gore, as, for example, thego'res l3 and see Fig. 3, and the two gores A are seamed together alongthe whole of the curved edges 7) and the substantially straight edges 6,the edges 7) in turn being seamed to the rear edges of the back gores Cin a substantially central ver tical line.

In the preferred construction, and as illustrated in the drawings, thelower ends of the edges 0 of the middle or intermediate gorcs A do notextend down to the lower edges or bottom 01 the back gores C, butterminate at a point slightly above said bottom edges, as shown at c inFig. 3, and the length oi the edges 7) is such that a long placketopening is left from the upper ends of said edges to the waist line. Inother words, the placket opening of the garment extends down to a pointin proximity to the knee level of the wearer, and said opening isadapted to be closed. by buttons or fastening devices of ap provedcharacter, the fasteners at the lowest portion of the opening, however,being preferably of generous size as, for example, the relatively largebuttons E, so as to prevent any possibility of the garment gaping atthat point. The two edges 6 of the gores A being sewed together, as bestseen in Fig. 7, the garment affords a complete protective incasement foreach of the limbs of the wearer and at the same time the conventionalshape and set of the garment is preserved with the apparentcharacteristics of a skirt of conventional type, due to the seamingtogether of the rear edges Z) of said gores and the lower edges of thelower portions of the back gores C. The long placket opening affords aready means whereby the garment may be put on or taken off and is a mostconvenient construction for the personal comfort of the wearer as thegarment never has to be elevated.

Where the garment is made of light flimsy material it is preferred thatthe seam along the edges 6 at an intermediate point between the frontand back of the garment shall be gathered and held by an elastic insertat the point F, in Fig. 3, and furthermore to make the garment moreadaptable for persons of difierent figure, the side or rear gores at thewaist line are preferably made somewhat full, gathered and held by anelastic insert at the points G and G, in Fig. 7. In garments constructedof heavier material, the gathering and elastic insert are preferablyomitted and in this instance it is always preferred that the edges 6 becut with a greater curvature near the bottom, as shown at b in Fig. 5.In other words, the point of junction between the edges 6 and b is madeconsiderably higher with respect to the upper edge or waist portion ofthe gore, and in placing the intermediate and front panel in the garmentthe parts are caused to assume the position shown in Fig. 6, thefullness at the bottom of the intermediate part or the panel thusexisting at the lower edge and exerting practically no tendency to drawin the front or back of the garment.

The invention, it will be noted, while illustrated in connect-ion withan outer garment, is equally applicable to the construction ofpractically all garments designed for ladies wear, such, for example, asprincess slips, petticoats, and inner garments gener ally, as well as tobathing suits, night gowns, sailor dresses, etc., and if desired, wherecombined with a bust covering the front of the bust portion may be madeto open in the ordinary way in addition to the placket opening which isan important feature of the present invent-ion.

With garments as thus constructed the necessity for lifting the skirtsis entirely obviated; the wearer is permitted the utmost freedom of limbmovement and may, with skirts apparently conforming to the narrow typeof the day, readily take long steps, and enter cars or buildings havinghigh steps without danger of being tripped or having their movementsunexpectedly arrested. The invention is thus peculiarly adapted forgarments having the appearance of narrow skirts worn at the presenttime, but may also be applied to full skirts and still obtain theadvantages of a complete, modest, protective garment, but without makingthe wearer conspicuous or presenting the immodest appearance of acompletely divided skirt or bloomers such as have been suggested, and tosome extent utilized for ladies wear.

While the front and back of the skirt may be paneled, this is notordinarily necessary or desirable, inasmuch as paneling, if the edges ofthe panel be attached, would tend to restrict the limb movements of thewearer leaving only the advantage of the complete incasement of thelimbs and the obviation of the necessity of lifting the skirt as hasbeen ieretofore explained.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

1. A nether garment for ladies wear having back gores and front goresconnected with the front edges thereof, the front and intermediate goreshaving edges seamed together and extending downwardly at the upper partof the front and rearwardly at an intermediate point and having theirrear edges below the rearwardly extending portion seamed to the rearedges of the back gores, the back gores having their rear edges from theedges of the front gores upwardly to the waist line separably connectedto form a long placket opening extending down to approximately the kneelevel.

2. A nether garment for ladies wear embodying back gores formed with along placket opening extending down to approximately the knee level,front gores connected with the front of the back gores and having theirproximate edges seamed together throughout, said edges being extendeddownwardly from the waist line, thence rearwardly in a curve to formseparate compartments for the limbs, thence downwardly on substantiallythe lines of the rear of the garment, said last mentioned portions ofthe edges below the placket being seamed to the rear gores, whereby thematerial between the limb compartments is supported from both its frontand rear edges.

3. A nether garment for ladies Wear direar portion of the garment alonga vertical \"lded at the front, the lntermedinte partlsubstantiallycentral hne, :torn'nng it gurtlons io-rnnng the hlnb compartmentsbenlent wlneh 1s not divlded at the back.

ing seamed together throughout the front, SALO J. JACKSON. 5 rearwardlyextending and downwardly ex- \Vitnesses:

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